Recently, there has been news that this famous restaurant called Oriental Kopi is going to open its first branch in Singapore later this year. Many social media reported the news and it seemed like many people welcomed it too.
Tried it at KLIA2
I tried it once when I went back to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia early this year. It has a branch at KLIA2. I went for breakfast on that day. There was no queue in front of me but the restaurant was occupied. I waited a while before the waitress greeted me and I got seated near the cashier counter.
I looked at the menu and looked at what other people were eating at that time. I placed my order for a cup of hot drink and a plate of dry mee siam. Check out the pictures below that I posted on my Instagram.
It is famous in Malaysia, and I would like to try them again. The picture on the menu showed black coffee with a piece of butter. However, when the waitress served my drink, it was a white coffee or coffee with milk. I felt odd but I did not request for a verification or ask for a change. I quickly placed the butter into the coffee, it melted and stirred well before started drinking.
It would be better to have it with black coffee without sugar to maximise the butter taste, or at least that is the original taste to enjoy kopi butter. Let me know if you have a better way to enjoy kopi butter.
Dry mee siam
One portion of mee siam which I think was reasonable. It was flavourful and not very spicy. The ingredients for the mee siam included some fried tofu puff, half of a hard-boiled egg, two pieces of cucumber, half of the fish cakes and sambal. The sambal was quite spicy so I did not mix it with my noodles.
Overall, I do not think it is worth ordering the dry mee siam. The ingredients were too little in my opinion. At one point, I felt so pathetic looking at the fish cake.
Maybe for other dishes, they might be tasty, generous portions and worth eating them. If you want to share, please let me know in the comment box below.
Go somewhere else for mee siam
If you are really keen to have mee siam, go to the local Malay food stall be it on the roadsides or at the hawker centres, they serve better dry mee siam with plenty of dishes (lauk) that you want to add on. These dishes are the dishes that they cook for nasi lemak. So, if I ordered the same or close to what I had that day from these Malay food stalls, I believe it cost less than what I paid here. Of course, I had to pay for the ambience, services, etc when I ate at the restaurant.
Address: ORIENTAL KOPI @ KLIA2 Arrival, L3 41-46, LEVEL 3, TERMINAL KLIA 2, Kuala Lumpur Int’l Airport, KLIA2 Arrival Lane, 64000 Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. Google rating: 4.1 stars (IMHO, I think I will give a 3.5 star for the food and worthiness of having a meal at this branch)
Based on the past 6 months’ Google reviews that I read, many people suggested trying claypot rice. I noticed many people ordered the claypot rice and Western food during dinner time. I have not tried them before. Also, I did not order drinks here before and I got to know from a review, that the drink stall charges $1.30 for a cup of hot kopi-o kosong (black coffee without milk and sugar). This is not the first stall in Tampines charging expensive drinks, even places at Geylang Bahru Kopitiam charge the same price. I am not sure whether it is because the local coffee beans used by them are better ones. The cheapest and nicest kopi-o kosong that I tried so far is at Hong Lim Food Court in Chinatown. It is ranging from $1.00 to $1.10 for a cup of hot kopi-o kosong.
Something that may be worth trying at this kopitiam:
The standard indeed dropped based on my recent visit to this stall in September 2023. The overall fragrance level from the gravy and the vinegar seemed milder and we could not adjust the vinegar amount by ourselves as the condiments are placed behind the counter.
The zi char stall here is quite okay, and so far I tried once. I ordered the fried Hong Kong noodle and the portion was generous. Do note the takeaway here is slightly more expensive than the other stalls.
I tried the Malay stall before but I did not order their Nasi Padang. Overall, I think it is nothing great to shout out but if you want to look for Halal food around this area, this is the only stall.
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I managed to try a few different Malay foods during my stay in KL. I went out with my cousin in the morning to the nearby market and bought home nasi lemak for breakfast and some kuih tea break in the afternoon.
I bought myself a pack of nasi lemak and added bergedil and fried egg. I liked eating bergedil and beef rendang and these dishes always go well with nasi lemak. Since it was morning breakfast, I did not want to eat beef rendang. The rice was a lot and it went well with the sambal. The sambal was not spicy, and it was a little bit like the sambal in Singapore, sweet savoury sambal. We bought an extra 3 packs of plain nasi lemak too.
Unfortunately, I did not know how much my pack of nasi lemak cost because we bought additional packs too. A plain nasi lemak costs RM2.50 ($0.73). There was no bill given to us, and probably my cousin could remember it because she paid the bill.
I bought 4 different types of kuih for the tea break. They were ondeh-ondeh (glutinous rice ball with palm sugar), kuih dadar, or kuih tayap (rolled crepe with pandan juice and filled with grated coconut steeped in gula melaka), and kuih kodok, or jemput jemput pisang (mashed banana fritters). I bought the kuih lapis as well but I did not take a photograph of it. Each pack of kuih costs RM2.50 ($0.73).
I felt so satisfied that day and wanted to try the mee siam the next morning. Also, I wanted to eat the curry puff too. Although I can get it in Singapore, the price is cheaper in Kuala Lumpur.
After lunch, I tried to do some e-learning while helping out my aunt with the house chores. It would be better if I helped them to speed up the food preparation for dinner. And, as usual, our dinner at night is always home-cooked food. This round, I was able to eat my favourite dish, potatoes and chicken. Next time, I will cook them at home and share the recipe. It is a simple yet delicious dish.
The next day
I woke up early every day when I stayed at home. I loved watching the morning clouds, the sunrise and the people sending their kids to the childcare house opposite. It was the last working day of the week. I have some errands to do before I fly back to Singapore.
Mee siam
Mee siam in Malaysia is different from Singapore. Here, they do not go with gravy, and we can add our lauk (ingredients). Again, my cousin and I walked to the nearby market and we bought our breakfast.
I liked this kind of dry version mee siam, and I can add a fried egg or sambal sotong (squid). I bought the plain mee siam, and it cost RM2.50 ($0.73). I used to take away the fried mee siam at Masjid Jamek LRT station before going to work. My breakfast of that day was a plate of mee siam and a cup of black coffee at home.
The curry puff in Malaysia is really cheap. I bought them from the nearby market for four pieces and they cost me RM2.50 ($0.73). These curry puffs did not add the hard-boiled egg; they were plain curry potatoes. It was quite spicy and the skin was very crispy when I ate it fresh in the morning. I ate again in the late afternoon, and the skin turned soggy.
Running errands at Pandan Jaya
After breakfast, my aunt and I went out together and I managed to settle my personal stuff while running some other errands with my aunt. We found an all-in-one shop that can do photocopies and clothes alterations. At the back of the shop, two other smaller shops offer haircuts and photo shooting. They are quite run-down so I do not expect their quality to be good.
I was here to laminate my birth certification and develop 8 pieces of my passport photo. In total, the store owner charged me RM23.50 ($6.83). The lamination costs RM3.50 and the passport photos cost RM20.00. For the photo, it is definitely cheaper to do it in Malaysia.
Our things settled slightly after the lunch time so I decided to take away lunches from the nearby kopitiam at Pandan Jaya. This area is good and has almost everything that we need. The parking areas are quite ample and we can also park in the neighbourhood area and walk to the shops. Unlike, Taman Maluri, parking is a main problem.
In Malaysia, we have porkball noodles and pork noodles, and there are different types of noodles. The main ingredients for each type of noodle are different. I liked the pork ball noodles at Pandan Jaya and the pork noodles at Taman Maluri. On this trip, I went to get the porkball noodles because we were near the place.
The soup is super delicious, milky colour and porky taste. Usually, pork balls noodle has squarish pork balls in the soup. The portion for the big one did not seem to be a lot compared with the small one. The ingredients are the same; it is just an extra one more meatball and a fish ball (I do not know why I was given a fish ball but it could not be a fried meatball). I cannot tell whether the meatball is handmade or not. All ingredients are fresh at least. I wish to have more minced meat.
The noodles cost RM10.00 because I ordered a big portion and takeaway will charge an additional RM1.00 for the plastic bags. In total, it was RM11.00 ($3.20). I did not expect the takeaways with plastic bags can be chargeable. It is not even a plastic container. So, it would be better to bring my own Tupperware next time.
Dinner at home
I ate baked beans with eggs again. I was so happy that the chef made a big plate of baked beans with egg, and we cooked extra rice for that night because I knew I would be having more rice to go with the baked beans. It is my favourite dish.
My family likes to eat many kinds of vegetables, and usually, we cook more vegetables than meat. I learned about it during my previous trip back to KL in the year 2022. I am unsure whether it is a good and healthy move to eat less meat, but I know proteins are important.
French beans or long beans, broccoli and cauliflower are nice vegetables and I like to eat them too. These vegetables can be paired with meat or just plain cooked with salt, a bit of sugar, and oyster sauce it would taste good.
Wrapped up the night with a song
Starry, starry night Portraits hung in empty halls Frameless heads on nameless walls With eyes that watch the world and can’t forget – Vincent (Don McLean, 1971)
At one point, I made a wish too when I was looking at the sky. Very soon, the cloud covered the stars. I wanted it to be a dream come true, not disappearing.
The conversion rate from RM to SGD was 3.44.
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I have been staying at Tampines for almost my entire life in Singapore. I started working in Tampines and stayed at Ang Mo Kio for half a year before moving to Tampines, staying closer to the office. I feel fortunate that recently Tampines brought in a lot of good food from the city.
The recent Tampines Mall Kopitiam food court renovation closed some old stalls and re-opened many new stalls. I would like to share my reviews about the Kopitiam food at Tampines Mall.
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Riverside Indonesia BBQ
Ayam panggang (grilled chicken) is one of my favourites at this stall. Another dish that I will order is the ikan panggang (grilled fish) with thick kicap manis (sweet soy sauce). It comes with white rice, a small portion of curry vegetables, and a fried egg. For dine-in, they serve a bowl of vegetable soup which is nice too. The picture above is the takeaway version without the soup. I used to eat at the food court during dinner time.
The grilled chicken is tender, juicy and well-tasted. I have to add on, sometimes the doneness is not really well maintained and over-grilled. I love it is lightly charred. It goes well with their sweet sauce.
The curry vegetable is quite overcooked for my preference. I like it to be more solid, but I think it is still OK to accept it. Do try their sambal at the food counter. I always take plenty of sambal to go with the fried egg and rice. It is wallet-friendly, generous portions, and delicious food that I can find in the Tampines Mall food court.
I ordered the Chinese sauerkraut (traditional pickled Chinese cabbage, in Cantonese it is called shuan choy) fish sliced noodles from this stall for the first time.
I seldom eat sauerkraut. Having this noodle makes me learn a new adjective to describe the taste. Tangy sour is the right way to describe it. The sliced fish was fresh, but four slices only. I wished to have more. It came with plenty of green vegetables and peanuts. I do not know why put peanuts into the soup, since she offered I just said yes. The noodle was slightly soggy. Other than that the whole bowl of soup was delicious.
The server gave a small bowl of mee sua for sampling. It was lack of some taste although there was a presence of black vinegar and white pepper. The taste needs to be improved.
Another similar food stall called Tian Fu Yuan took over this stall.
The stall’s name is Bounce Teochew Fishball Noodles. I ordered a bowl of kway teow soup with fish cake from the Halal-certified Lixin Teochew Fishball Noodles stall which made a comeback after closing its original stall. It looked pretty promising with plenty of dried shallots and spring onions. The clear soup was a bit plain, and the fried shallots did not help to enhance the taste. If you do not mind paying more expensive, Ah Piao kway teow th’ng at Tampines One Malaysia Chiak food court is better, but not the best.
I tried once only, I ordered the Thai-style beef fried kway teow. The portion was enough for a small eater, and the taste was normal only. It did not come with white sugar on the side of the plate, unlike, what I tried at Nakhon Kitchen. Personal preference, I will choose Nakhon Kitchen over Sanook Kitchen.
Another similar food stall called Telur Thai took over this stall.
Sliced Fish Soup
Lately, I often get this fish soup as my lunch whenever I visit Tampines Mall Kopitiam. It is the only stall in the food court where I will get my lunch because I am trying not to eat rice in the afternoon. During my recent visit, a male cashier at the counter did not seem to remember my order correctly. End up, I got a bowl of fish soup with milk.
A family-run business restaurant opened its stall at Tampines Mall Kopitiam. It makes my journey to the city if I want to eat good traditional Malay and Indonesian food. The Jalan Pisang branch is listed as Michelin Bib Gourmand. I tried their chicken set with 2 sides. I chose ayam masak merah and 2 types of vegetables. They offer ala carte too. I received a comment saying the beef rendang is the best.
Mee bakso is an Indonesian noodle soup dish consisting of bakso meatballs served with yellow noodles and rice vermicelli. In this bowl of mee bakso, there are plenty of cabbage and green vegetables with four medium-sized meatballs. The clear soup is a bit plain, but thankfully the fried shallots help to bring up some flavour. I wish they could slice the cabbage into smaller chunks.
Mee sup daging (beef noodles) is same as the mee bakso. Instead of the beef meatballs, I got the small beef cubes. It has plenty of vegetables, so it is quite a balanced meal. The soup is still lightly tasted. Two types of noodles I can choose from, either mee or meehoon.
I like to eat yong tau foo and I would not hesitate to try out this stall too. It has been here for many years but I did not recall trying it before. The Google review and rating are pretty bad. So, let me check out the reason why. From Google searches, this brand started in 1954. Their flavoured soup is made up of soya beans and ikan bilis (anchovies), and a bowl of speciality egg noodles with fragrant minced chicken meat toppings. If you want to get a set meal, a plate of Kang Kong with fermented bean curd sauce for a balanced meal.
I ordered the normal set that comes with fishball, bean curd, bean curd skin and bean curd puff, all stuffed with fish paste.
The noodle is a little plain to my liking although I saw they added not only oils but other sauce to mix with the egg noodles. Maybe, I need to go with the chilli or sweet sauces to make it tasty.
Some good stalls have been closed and I hope that they will return one day or I can find them somewhere else.
Black Pot Ramen with Fried Fish
The soup was prepared in a black pot that consisted of noodles, vegetables and half of the hard-boiled egg. There was some minced meat inside the soup too. All the meats were deep-fried and sometimes it could be quite dry because they re-heated it by re-frying them.
Besides, I can choose meat, fish, chicken and pork, I can choose the type of noodles or go with rice. There were a few noodle selections you could choose from. The level of spiciness of the soup can be adjustable, I just need to inform the cashier when placing the order. you can tell how spicy you want for your soup.
I pretty much liked their ramen, it was a chewy type, and that was why they called it QQ noodles. The glass noodles were a good choice too.
Stalls that have been closed, and I think it is fine to keep them in this post as a reference. It may have other branches (I think it is in Pasir Ris) in Singapore that one may go there to try their food.
Lixin Teochew Fishball Noodle
This fishball noodle stall has a few branches in Singapore. Based on a Google search, the stall has operated since the 1970s using a pushcart and their first stall at Bendemeer Road Hawker Centre. After going for months of renovation, I tried their fishball noodle at the Tampines Mall food court for the first time. Tampines Mall food court brings in a few new brands into Tampines. I hope I can cover a review for each of them one day.
They offer set meals for two people. It comes with two bowls of noodles of your choice, a fish cake, 6 fish balls, 6 fish dumplings and a plate of fish sticks.
They have dark sauce dry noodles on their website, but Tampines’ branch did not offer a similar option. Their chilli paste is said to be homemade. I find it has a bit light taste, and it is sweet. The noodles were cooked al-dente and added pork lard. Next visit, I would like to try the dark sauce.
The fish cake and fish dumplings are great in texture. Do note that not many fishball stalls’ in Singapore offer fish dumplings on their menu. Although it is an average fish dumpling, it wins stalls that do not come with fish dumplings.
However, personally, I dislike the fish sticks because it is not crispy type. I expected it to be a crispy fish stick, giving a different kind of eating experience. Also, it is oily.
The fish cake tastes a little plain, the healthier kind, I guess. I do not know why it needs to put lime juice on it. So, I did not add any to the fish cake. I ate it plain with the mee pok. Meanwhile, the fishballs are bouncy, they look pretty fresh. Fishball is bigger than the usual size. Personally, I think fishballs or fish dumplings can be ordered for more.
I revisited the stall and ordered the fish dumplings with mee kia. The standard of the fish products is maintained. However, the mee kia was soggy. This time the concoction for the sauce had not improved yet and it looked starchy. It made the whole eating experience unappetizing. I am looking forward to seeing their staff’s improvement. The stall has became a Halal-certified stall and rebranded as Bounce Teochew Fishball Noodles.
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Cuppage Fried Guo Tiao
The fried kway teow is nice, delicious and fulfilling. They asked if I wanted chilli, and yes, it was with some spiciness on it. It gave a good kick. It is my favourite so far. The portion is slightly more than the famous Outram Park Fried Kway Teow Mee at Hong Lim Food Centre, Chinatown. The amount of cockles is about the same for these two stalls, and here, they gave fishcakes too.
The noodles are slightly wetter than Outram Park CKT, and both are the same wok hei. The queue here is long and the stall assistant will serve the CKT instead of us queuing for the food to get ready. That is one of the personal touches that I liked about this stall. Another good CKT that I tried and I think is worth the price is the famous CKT at Zion Riverside Food Centre. However, it is too far for me to go. Other options in the Chinatown food centre are the Hill Street CKT, and Food Street fried kway teow mee stalls.
Huge portion for a bowl of curry yong tau foo with bee hoon. The curry is delicious, tasty, and pretty authentic for a Chinese curry style. The taste is closer to the Malaysian style. If I order the same food again next visit, I will go without the additional noodle and would love to try the other ingredients too.
They offer clear soup yong tau foo as well, and I tried it on one of the Sundays as my lunch. I think clear soup is made of the soup used to cook the ingredients, and the flavour goes into the soup.
So far there are no Google reviews yet for this branch at Our Tampines Hub. IMHO, it is a 4-star food. The only thing about this stall is the waiting time to get the food prepared sometimes can be quite long.
Address: #01-32 Hawker Centre @ Our Tampines Hub, Singapore 529649. Google link: https://goo.gl/maps/i6hgdP79yqjcgwDB8 Google rating: 3.3 stars (I give 4 stars for my personal preference)
L32 Handmade Noodle
Their signature ban mian cooks in the thick, savoury soup. Usually, I will go for mee hoon kway. You can choose to go with pork, chicken or seafood. I prefer their dry version that comes with a small bowl of soup and an egg inside. If you want the egg to be well-cooked, just let them know. The dark sauce dry noodle is not oily, it goes well with their chilli paste, fried anchovies and fried spring onions. The queue for this noodle stall during lunch or dinner time can be quite long.
For takeaway, I opted soup version because the handmade noodles would stick together. The only thing I do not like about the soup version is the fried anchovies turn soggy in the soup. This is one of my favourite ban mian stalls in Singapore.
Sometimes, their quality consistency can be different because it is cooked by different staff. Due to the long queue, I seldom visit the stall and search for other better ban mian in Tampines or on the east side.
Address: Food Tempo, 10 Tampines Central 1, #01-60, Singapore 529536. Google link: https://goo.gl/maps/AUkrTXeLdP6abVqaA Google rating: 3.5 stars (I give 4.5 stars for my personal preference).
Economic Beehoon Mee
Whether it is a beehoon only or beehoon mee, it is one of my favourites and the most common breakfast options for me every morning. It is conveniently available at any hawker stall or food court in Singapore. Usually, the stalls sell other types of fried noodles too, and it served with other dishes such as fried eggs, sausages, luncheon meats, fried chicken wings, fish cakes or fish fillets, vegetables and many more.
Everyone has their own preferences when it comes to types of noodles and their ingredients. I had my usual fried egg as the default ingredient along with vegetables or a meat selection. This stall where I usually get my economic fried noodles sells vegetarian goose, one of my favourites. Personally, I think the chilli paste is a sweet-spicy type.
It does not have a Google rating found. I give 5.0 stars for my personal preference.
Address: 477 Tampines Street 43, Singapore 520477.
It is the best fish soup so far in Tampines, and it is worth the money. The meat is deep-fried fish, thick, and the portion is generous. The meat is not marinated so I liked to dip into their chilli sauce or light soy sauce. I seldom visit this place unless I do not have much work to rush in the afternoon, then I can go for a longer lunch. I went to this coffee shop in the evening a few times.
Address: 144 Tampines Street 12, Singapore 521144. Google link: https://goo.gl/maps/dbnGapP4rC9pmL5y5 Google rating: 3.9 stars. (I give a solid 5.0 stars for my personal preference).
Dunman Road Char Siew Wan Ton Mee
I visited the Dunman Food Court twice but did not order any food. I walked around and found a few stalls open, while the rest were closed during the weekend. Hence, I decided to try some food here with my friend. The queue at the wanton mee stall was quite long but moving fast.
The chilli paste is quite spicy according to the lady who took our order. So, we told her to put the chilli on the side of the plate. When I mixed the noodles together with the chilli paste, the whole plate of noodles was spicy and slightly flavourful. I am unsure whether chilli overpowered the sauce. I loved the egg noodles texture; I believed it was handmade because of the size of the noodles. Lastly, I loved the soup too.
If I am hereby Joo Chiat, I will drop by for a plate of dry wanton noodles.
I saw the news about the relocation of the stall from Tanjong Katong to Geylang Bahru. I am not sure how true it is because the address on Google Maps remains unchanged so far.
It is located on Foch Road; it is not the same stall as another shop with a similar name at Jalan Besar called Authentic Mun Chee Kee King Of Pig’s Organ Soup. There is a history between these two shops. They originated from the same family but subsequently went their own ways. Both shops serve a similar kind of food.
My preference is Cheng Mun Chee Kee because the soup matches my taste bud. I can go with and without rice for a bowl of soup. My usual ingredients include lean meat, meatballs, beancurd and a generous amount of salted vegetables. The amount is always generous, and the price is reasonable. The soup serves with some Chinese parsley too.
I tried their other dishes, such as the steamed minced meat. It has salted fish added to the minced meat making it more flavourful. Another dish that my friend always eats (because she does not eat pork) is sesame oil chicken. The aroma from the sesame oil is pretty strong, and the chicken is well-marinated and tastes delicious. It is suitable to eat with white rice.
Jin Xi Lai (Mui Siong) Minced Meat Noodle (Tampines) at Koufu Tampines St 44. I saw it in Instagram posts. Today, I dropped by to give it a try. I liked the noodle texture and gave generous portions too. I ordered the special meatball noodles with slightly sweet yet peppery pork soup for the dry version. So far, it is my next best BCM noodle after the Dalian Minced Meat Noodle. I wish to get more ingredients and drier noodles.
The second time I tried the noodles, the noodle texture was well-maintained but I still prefer my noodles to be drier. I tried the normal fishballs and fishcake noodles. They tasted normal. I wish to know if they have a soup version. If you know about it, please let me know in the comment box below.
The stall is run by two youngsters and serves a pretty delicious ban mian in Chinatown. The dry version looks pretty similar to KL-style ban mian because they added shredded wood ears. The missing ingredients are probably shredded mushrooms or the mani cai. The rest of the ingredients are generous and well-tasted including the fried beancurd sheet.
They did not use chilli paste in the black sauce unless I ordered the spicy version. For those who wanted to eat the original taste, skip the spicy version, and take their normal chilli paste. Although it did not look similar to KL ban mian’s chilli paste, it was still well-tasted. I think it would be great if they had it.
Address: Hong Lim Food Centre, 531A Upper Cross St, Singapore 051531. Google link: https://goo.gl/maps/DojtnVS8RSitpkEA8 Google rating: 4.6 stars (IMHO, it is closer to what I liked to eat in KL, just missing the 2 other ingredients. I will give a solid 5 stars)
With a Google rating of 4.1 stars, this prawn noodle stall is one of the prawn noodles stalls that I would visit again because of its prawn soup. I am not fancy about the large noodle portion. I liked their effort to make this bowl of prawn noodles different from the traditional prawn noodles in Singapore. IMHO, it is as good as 4.5 stars.
Overall, it is an excellent bowl of prawn noodles. What I liked the most was the prawn soup. It is thick, not too strong tasting. It is something that I do not feel jialat after having the whole bowl of noodles. Also, I liked the torched pork belly. Other ingredients include 2 medium-big prawns and a meatball. For vegetables, they gave beansprouts and kangkung. If I were to visit it again, I would ask for fewer noodles.
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On the Raya day, I went out to Bugis and stopped by Old Chang Kee in Bugis Junction to get a curry puff. It has been a very long I did not eat their curry puff and they are selling a few other favours too, one of them I saw was the nasi lemak puff. It does look odd to me to give myself a try. So, I decided to try their chicken puff, away from the traditional curry puff. For something non-spicy, this chicken puff definitely is a good choice. Inside the puff, it is filled with generous ingredients and the savoury taste of the sauce made it tasted good.
And that made me think of the days when I was working in Tampines and I walked across to Century Square to get a pack of chicken porridge as my breakfast.
Finally, I did that this morning, I bought a pack of chicken porridge with a bag of yao tiou. It is a traditional Chinese breakfast to have porridge in the morning. I felt it was a blessing that Old Chang Kee still selling porridge. It is only available in the morning and always sells fast.
Porridge
This time, I did not get it from the same old place at Century Square. They have moved since after Century Square renovated. Now, they are at the Tampines MRT station, conveniently located next to the MRT station, along with Cheers at the traffic light.
This is definitely one of the good choices for big and economic breakfast of a day. Do be there early to get your porridge as it is selling fast at times.
Tahu goreng (fried beancurd)
Recently, old chang kee launched tahu goreng (fried beancurd) in a cup. I was keen to try them, and I bought them. Of course, the display pictures always look good. It consists of six pieces of fried beancurd, shredded carrot and cucumber, and sweet peanut sauce. It was not that much stuff.
They gave enough sauce so I do not think there is a need to buy extra sauce that they are selling too. The sauce was lightly sweet, with not much savoury taste.
The fried beancurd itself is quite nice and fresh. It tastes like that fried beancurd from the economic fried noodles stalls, and it is crisper.
It is one of their signature noodles. The laksa okay tasted with a nice balance of sweetness and sourness. the noodle portion was generous and the standard ingredients were included. The gravy is a bit watery, I think it is not enough mackerel meat to make the soup thicker and satisfy my stomach. My standard of assam laksa is the famous Penang assam laksa at Air Itam near the Kek Lok Si Temple. One item that went missing is the sweetened prawn paste (har ko sauce). It is not spicy either. More room for improvement.
It has the standard ingredients except the shredded black fungus for a KL-style panmee. The ingredients come in a good portion to eat with the noodles. The dark sauce gravy is enough to mix the noodles, and it is not spicy too, unlike the Singapore style. Separately, they gave a bowl of soup with egg, mani cai, and meatballs. The soup is lightly flavoured, contra the heavy flavours from the noodles and ingredients. It may not be my best pan mee in Kuala Lumpur, but it is still a decent one that you can find in a shopping mall.
Nasi Lemak with Ayam Rendang
It is really nice and authentic, the nasi lemak is very aromatic with their sambal, It comes with half of the boiled egg and anchovies. The sambal is not spicy, the rendang ayam is tasteful and I get the drumstick. It is still a reasonable price. The food’s portion is good enough to fill my stomach.
The food quality is average and acceptable. The price is considerably reasonable because of its location at the city centre mall. I will consider coming back here to eat once in a while and try other food too. I hope they will continue to improve the food quality to attract both local and overseas customers. It is located one floor above the KLCC LRT station.
Address: LOT SAC-UC-07, Upper Concourse, AK Mall, 156, Jalan Ampang, Kampung Baru, 55000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Google rating: 3.7 stars. (IMHO, I will give both a 3.5 star).
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I worked at the Mid Valley City office building, and when it came to lunchtime, I loved to explore the food on the lower ground floor of Mid Valley and The Gardens Mall. I wanted to eat the Yong Tau Foo at the lower ground of The Gardens Mall but it is always packed with people during the lunchtime. So, I opted for the next option, the Nyonya Colors. This restaurant has many branches in the Kuala Lumpur area.
The restaurant offers quite many food selections. While queueing for my turn to place an order, I kept looking at their menu. It is a good place for those who crave Nyonya food.
Yellow Laksa (Thai)
I am a bit curious to know what it is. Its name sounds special, so without any hesitation, I ordered this noodle.
It consists of thick curry laksa with vermicelli, some chicken and a few pieces of white radish. The taste is good; it is just a little oily because of the chilli oil. It is my first time having some pieces of white radish in curry noodles. Although I found it out, the overall taste was not affected by the white radish.
Nasi Lemak Special
It was my favourite dish in this restaurant so far. It came with a big piece of rendang chicken breast meat, half of the boiled egg, fried anchovies, peanuts and cucumber. All the basic ingredients of a plate of nasi lemak. The nasi lemak colour was green, and they added the blended pandan leaves’ juice into cooking the rice. It has a great smell of pandan leaves too.
Overall, the portion of the nasi lemak is big, and it was so filling. The rendang chicken was delicious, and went well with the pandan leaves flavoured nasi lemak.
Dry Curry Noodle
Was suggested by my colleague to try out their dry curry noodle. It has a quite thick curry gravy with chicken meat. It also has a few pieces of beancurd puff (tau fu bok). It did not taste very spicy as its look does.
The portion was quite little, it came with a small portion of noodles. Maybe, it is because I ordered meehoon. However, this type of noodle is best absorbing the curry sauce.
Mee Rebus
This Mee Rebus is quite nice with a generous amount of ingredients. Usually, mee rebus uses yellow noodles and seldom mixes with other types of noodles. However, I think if I can add meehoon, it would be great because the sauce was a little bit spicy and tangy. Interesting taste and it taste enhanced when I squeezed some lime juice into the noodles.
Mee Siam
It was a normal fried meehoon, tasted just right, and was not oily. The noodles came with a piece of chicken, it was not the rendang chicken. It was a honey sesame chicken. It tasted good too. Overall, it was not spicy, but it can be a good option for those who cannot eat spicy.
Tea break selection
Other than all these heavy meals, they offered ice kacang, cold and hot drinks, Nyonya kuih and toasts too.
This post is dated on July 2012, and I have not been to this restaurant since I left Mid Valley. I am unable to update the blog with the latest menu and update the food taste again.
Address: LG-230A, Lower Ground Floor, The Gardens, Mid Valley, 59200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Google rating: 3.8 stars
The soup is still lightly tasted. Two types of noodles I can choose from, either mee or meehoon.
It is really nice and authentic, the nasi lemak is very aromatic with their sambal, It comes with half of the boiled egg and anchovies. The sambal is not spicy, the rendang ayam is tasteful and I get the drumstick. It is still a reasonable price. The food’s portion is good enough to fill my stomach.
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